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He told the show: 'I was quite small and wasn't hairy at all – I was 15 and looked seven. On one particular day, I was in an amateur drama play and was going to a party after.

'For my role, I had bits of a black wig glued to my face for a beard and I decided to keep it for the party so I would look older. I also decided to cut up the rest of wig and glue it to my private parts just in case I got lucky.'

Flashback: The Fifty Shades Of Grey actor's confession will be aired on Friday night's episode of The Graham Norton Show

The stunt backfired on the young Northern Irishman when the time came to remove his improvised pubic hair.

He said: 'I didn't get lucky and removing the bits of wig ripped out the very small amount of natural hair I had down there. It was a physically and emotionally painful experience!'

Filming for the latest reprisal of his role as Christian Grey in Fifty Shades Freed also threw up an awkward moment involving, once again, his private parts.

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On-screen romance: The Northern Irishman also revealed his private parts were involved in another awkward moment during filming for Fifty Shades Freed

The actor talked about his sex scenes with co-star Dakota Johnson, 28, admitting he was horrified to learn his modesty cup had already been used.

He said: 'On set I wore a wee pouch to keep everything in.

'I was given a selection – for size I guess – and when I found one that fitted I took it off and noticed inside a label that said, 'Inmate number three' – clearly it had been worn before! I just had to grin and bear it.'

Second hand: Jamie told the show how a modesty cup he was using to film sex scenes had been used before